Chapter 277: Wanting to Be a High-Class Pirate

New World, the Donghai Dihuang.

For Yamato, who had set sail for the first time, everything on the sea was fresh; even the fish that occasionally darted out of the water made Yamato exclaim repeatedly.

Seeing this scene, Saint Saint Saiwen shook his head.

That old man Kaido truly doesn't know how to raise children; look what he's beaten the kid down to.

Fortunately, Hero Saint Saint Saiwen has appeared.

Not only did he save Wano, but he also ensured Yamato wouldn't become a self-lost fool.

Why learn from anyone else, but specifically learn from Oden?

Thinking of this, Saint Saint Saiwen couldn't help but mutter a few words about the old thief Eiichiro Oda—

He could have used the shortest arc to shape the true hero Rocks, he could have continued to shape the Marine Smoker, yet he chose to depict with heavy strokes the existence of the biggest ingrate in anime history: the deserter soldier Koby.

This is very Japanese.

Calculating the time, if nothing unexpected happens, Luffy is born this year, and Koby is born next year.

Saint Saint Saiwen wouldn't target the infant Koby.

It's just that, according to the current progress, does Koby still have a chance to become the deserter soldier?

"Oh my, the News Coo."

Yamato was waving at the passing News Coo; seeing the News Coo land, he quickly turned to look at Saint Saint Saiwen.

"Brother, pay up quickly."

But unexpectedly, the News Coo first stood at attention and saluted Saint Saint Saiwen, then took all the newspapers out of its cloth pouch, saluted again, and flew away flapping its wings.

"Nani?!"

Not only was Yamato surprised; the siblings Charlotte Katakuri and Charlotte Pudding, who had just joined the Morning Star Crew, were also staring dumbfounded at the scene before them.

This News Coo has become a spirit!

It actually knows how to treat people differently based on their status.

Even Katakuri, who is calm and composed, felt a slight ripple in his heart just thinking of the image of the News Coo standing at attention and saluting.

Morgans, the president of the World Economic News Bureau, truly knows how to flatter well.

Having his subordinate News Coo stand at attention and salute.

This... anyone would be confused by it.

No wonder the Captain specially met with Morgans not long ago; a talent like Morgans is exactly what the Morning Star Crew currently lacks the most.

Katakuri believed he had discovered the truth.

It must be Morgans' sincerity that moved the Captain, causing the Captain to invite Morgans aboard as a special exception.

At this moment, the Wano Kindergarten, having recovered its senses, swarmed around Saint Saint Saiwen all at once, chattering and demanding the News Coo fly back to salute.

Saint Saint Saiwen could only speak up to divert their attention.

"Robin, read what the newspaper says."

"Mm."

As Saint Saint Saiwen expected, the latest issue of the newspaper was precisely about the discourse on High-Class Pirates and Low-Class Pirates; Morgans even extended it to the Marine camp.

"The editor believes..."

Robin's eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles.

"Marine Hero Garp, former Fleet Admiral Zephyr, Headquarters Strategist Tsuru, Admiral Aokiji, and Admiral Kizaru can be called High-Class Marines."

"Admiral Akainu, who ordered the shelling of the refugee ship during the Ohara Buster Call, is one of the few Low-Class Marines among the Marine high command."

Saint Saint Saiwen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Morgans is truly brave; actually bestowing the title of Low-Class Marine upon Marine Admiral Akainu is no different than poking a hornet's nest of hawkish Marines.

Once the hawkish Marines find out, they will absolutely come looking for trouble.

However, given Morgans' cautious nature, even the World Government cannot find the newspaper bureau's headquarters.

Let alone the hawkish Marines.

It is highly likely that the World Government strictly ordered that details of the Marineford War not be reported, leaving Morgans stifled, so he began to test the World Government's bottom line.

In the anime, Morgans step by step went from concealing reports to reporting everything, big or small.

Now that Morgans has boarded the Morning Star Crew's ship, he has begun to subtly undermine Akainu's prestige within the Marines.

He truly is a talent.

Accompanied by thousands of News Coo selling the latest newspapers to every corner of the Four Seas and the Grand Line, High-Class Pirates and Low-Class Pirates became the focus of people's discussion.

Especially since these words came from the mouth of Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, the most successful pirate in a hundred years.

Combining Saint Saint Saiwen's experiences since setting sail, people suddenly realized: every member of the Morning Star Crew is a High-Class Pirate.

The Morning Star Crew never robs the poor; although they have killed countless, they only target pirates and Marines.

During the Ohara Buster Call, even with only Saint Saint Saiwen, Mihawk, and Master Tenghu, the Morning Star Crew still dared to draw their swords and face the Marines.

All of this embodies the style of a High-Class Pirate.

Then look at the other pirates on the sea; even as strong as the Four Emperors of the New World, their actions still belong to the conduct of Low-Class Pirates.

Sales of this issue of the newspaper skyrocketed; Morgans grinned and shouted: Reprint! Reprint!

Indeed, newspaper sales still depend on the top-tier pirate Captain Saint Saint Saiwen; just a casual remark caused sales to skyrocket tenfold.

New World, near the Wano Sea area.

Moby Dick deck.

Having just finished reading the newspaper, Ma Ma Ma Erke suddenly noticed that not only was the Old Man silent, but all the brothers had also fallen into silence.

Ma Ma Ma Erke underestimated the lethality of the High-Class Pirate label, especially for pirates who are illiterate on average; no one wants to be branded a Low-Class Pirate.

"Old Man? Brothers?"

"Say something!"

Whitebeard blew his beard and glared, sullenly returning to his room to seek healing from his beloved daughter, leaving the division commanders with their heads bowed.

Moments later, Diamond Jozu broke the silence.

"Brothers, I think we Whitebeard Pirates... need to learn from young Saint Saint Saiwen."

"We Whitebeard Pirates command over thirty subordinate pirate crews; we have people and territory. There is no need to continue plundering commoners."

"We are just about to reach the Inazuma Realm; let us go and learn from the people of Inazuma how to conduct business."

Ma Ma Ma Erke understood the subtext.

Jozu did not want to be a lowly pirate who plunders commoners; Jozu wanted to be a high-class pirate.

At this moment,

Ma Ma Ma Erke finally realized the sheer destructive power of a high-class pirate—no, a low-class pirate.

High-class pirates point the way, showing the path forward for aspiring pirates seeking freedom and wealth at sea.

Low-class pirates, however, are like a mark of shame, constantly labeling the plundering acts of pirates.

Saint Saint Saiwen is a cultured man among pirates; truly the dream son the Old Man has always longed for.

Combining the Old Man's and the brothers' reactions, Ma Ma Ma Erke could already imagine what this sea would be shaken into by high-class pirates and low-class pirates.

Though it would not completely transform the sea.

At the very least, it would inject a spiritual stimulant into most aspiring pirates, especially the foolish ones.

This is the power of example.

"Very well, let us go and ask Mr. Tenghu."

Ma Ma Ma Erke knew: due to scheduling, Saint Saint Saiwen was not currently within the Inazuma Realm; Master Tenghu and Lei Li would be responsible for hosting the Whitebeard Pirates.

Master Tenghu is the Inazuma Realm's Chief Internal Affairs Officer, and Lei Li is the former Vice-Captain of the Luo Jie Pirates; such a reception standard, even with Saint Saint Saiwen absent, would not be disrespectful to the Whitebeard Pirates.

The moment he thought of Lei Li living in seclusion in the Inazuma Realm, Ma Ma Ma Erke immediately felt a sense of suffocation.

Back when the Whitebeard Pirates and the Luo Jie Pirates first met, Lei Li taught Ma Ma Ma Erke a lesson in humanity with just one finger.

Counting the Dark King Lei Li, the combined strength of the Morning Star Pirates alone was enough to level three Emperors of the Sea.

Why not four Emperors of the Sea?

Simply because Golden Lion Shiki was also a member of the Morning Star Pirates.